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Between chaos and control: Chinaâs communists and a century of revolution
As the Chinese Communist Party turns 100, its leaders are still struggling to find the balance between growth and stability, repression and reform.
An art exhibition to celebrate 100 years of the Communist Party in China reflects the central position in society of Xi Jinping.Â
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In 35 years of reporting on China and its emergence as a global power, perhaps the most perceptive and certainly the most genial person I met was Cao Siyuan. He was by no means grand. His face looked as if it had been moulded by laughter. He laughed frequently, often at his own jokes and sometimes at himself. He had once, before a dramatic fall from grace, been an adviser to Chinaâs top leader. But when asked about his time among the ruling elite, he would demur, describing himself as no more than a âseventh-grade, sesame seed-sized officialâ.
Former district councilors of Hong Kong called on some Western countries on Thursday to stop throwing mud at China with biased comments and to stop politicizing the global anti-pandemic campaign at a United Nations meeting in Geneva.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s firmness in defending his motherland’s integrity was rather striking as he stressed Northern Ireland is part of “one great indivisible United Kingdom”.